Adopting a pet is a year-round commitment

December 15, 2016

It was a Tuesday, much like this one (Dec. 13). I was laying out the paper when I came upon a Home Again submission. Two young cats were up for adoption. I read the submission over, sent off the page and picked up my phone. “I’m bringing home a cat,” I texted my boyfriend. “He got in a cat fight. His name is Oliver. It says no one likes black cats.” “You’re allergic to cats,” he replied.

Blowing in the wind

By Nate Smelle FOLLOWING A THOUGHT-PROVOKING discussion with a friend at the opening of the Three Women Painters exhibit at the Art Gallery of Bancroft ...

Knowledge is king

By Nate Smelle IN POLITICS AS IN JOURNALISM there is nothing more valuable than open and honest discussion regarding the things that matter to us ...

Male violence needs to be addressed

What’s wrong with our men? How do we unravel the weaves of this rope? How do we move forward when most of our politicians are men? Where to start?

Tallying hope for hydro

Late last November, Hydro One put a moratorium on disconnects. For another winter, electricity will not be cut for those who can’t afford their bills — most with good reason.

A tourist’s perspective

By Nate Smelle THE SUN HAS BEEN disappearing a little earlier each evening over the past few weeks. All we can do now is face ...

Riding in a rally car

Christopher Martin had to turn down the power on his homebuilt 1993 Subaru Impreza when he took me out for a practice run the night before the 2016 Rally of the Tall Pines (ROTP). He didn’t want to strain the drivetrain, or lose grip in the foul weather that night.

Policing: drama versus substance

This fall, an incident involving the OPP occurred just south of Bancroft. A man abruptly stopped his car on Hwy. 62 with the motor running, and sprinted off toward some brush near a number of houses. After the police arrived, they found the man 150 metres in the middle of a swampy area. As the officers approached, he initially wouldn’t respond, then claimed to have a gun in the pocket of his hoodie.

En plein air

By Nate Smelle A couple of years ago I had the chance to get up above the Town of Bancroft and the surrounding area with ...

A trick for competing with Santa

I remember doing it as a kid, “Look, Santa got me this, what’d he get you?” I probably deserved the sting of learning that Santa got others better things after being so boastful, but comparisons do happen on the playground. Why does Santa bring more expensive gifts for some children, and less expensive gifts for others? Is it because they wanted something more, or that they were better than those who received less? Were they just not good enough this year? I really doubt Santa would be that unfair.

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